Greening the Desert II - Greening the Middle East (2009)

Greening the Desert II: Greening the Middle East

From: http://permaculture.org.au/2009/12/11/greening-the-desert-ii-final/
(913MB Mp4 version available for full download from this page.)

This half hour video documents the ongoing work of Permaculture Gurus, Geoff and Nadia Lawton, in the Dead Sea Valley. It begins with the famous original 'Greening the Desert' five minute video clip, and then continues into Part II, a 2009 update to the 2001 original.

You'll get to see and learn about the original Greening the Desert site and see some of the spin-off effects of its influence throughout Jordan, and you'll also be introduced to a new educational demonstration site that was started in 2008.

You can see the video, and more information about it, in its original post here:

permaculture.org.au/2009/12/11/greening-the-desert-ii-final/

And the video is also available on YouTube in four parts:

youtube.com/watch?v=xzTHjlueqFI

youtube.com/watch?v=wTZ0LbvUoOY

youtube.com/watch?v=-Ps1TpK9eiQ

youtube.com/watch?v=I8wPD35fewo

This is inspiring, practical work - the kind of work that should be encouraged, supported and emulated worldwide. It is the ultimate root-cause type of aid work.

-----------

[font=courier]Complete name : Greening the Desert II-Greening the Middle East (2009).mp4
Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : Base Media / Version 2
Codec ID : mp42
File size : 326 MiB
Duration : 36mn 33s
Overall bit rate : 1 248 Kbps
Writing application : HandBrake 0.9.5 2011010300

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L3.1
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 4 frames
Codec ID : avc1
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding
Bit rate : 1 085 Kbps
Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 720 pixels
Frame rate : 25.000 fps
Scan type : Progressive
Stream size : 284 MiB (87%)
Writing library : x264 core 112

Audio
ID : 2
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format version : Version 4
Format profile : LC
Codec ID : 40
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 159 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 355 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 41.5 MiB (13%)
Language : English
[/font]